v18_0560 - PHILIPPUS II Antoninien
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Antoninien
Date: 247
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : billon
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: em. spéciale
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Frappe molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié de Philippe II à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus”, (L’empereur Marc Jules Philippe auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : AETER-NIT IMPER.
Reverse description : Sol (Le Soleil) radié marchant à gauche, levant la main droite et tenant un fouet de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Æternitas Imperum” (L'Éternité de l'Empire).
Historical background
PHILIPPUS II
(05/244-09/249)
Augustus
Philip II, son of Philip the Arab and Otacilia Severa, was named Augustus in 247. He participated in the commemoration of the millennium of Rome which began on April 21, 247. Philip, his father, was killed at the battle of Verona . Philip II was assassinated shortly thereafter. We do not know what happened to Otacilia Sévéra. Philip II was made Caesar shortly after the accession of his father who awarded him the title of prince of youth.
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